Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20993 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval pilgrim badges from the Purfleet (King's Lynn, poorly located) |
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Summary
A large collection of medieval pilgrim badges that were collected from the Purfleet in the 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
19th century. 'From the Purfleet' (exact part of that stream not known).
Large collection of medieval pilgrim badges built up by a Mr Thomas Pung, a jeweller, who paid small boys to find them in the mud.
Given to Greenland Fishery Museum now KLM (KILLM : 1978.196).
See full publication in (S1).
(S2) discusses the area as a known source of pilgrim badges as this part of the Ouse was a crossing point for pilgrims on route to Walsingham.
Information from E.M. James (KLM).
E. Rose (NAU), 11 December 1984. Edited by A. Beckham (HES), 30 October 2012 and July 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: Spencer, B.. 1980. Medieval Pilgrim Badges from Norfolk. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Fletcher, T. 1997. Celtic… Roman… Anglo-Saxon… Medieval… yes, you can discover them all on beaches!. The Searcher. Vol 12, Issue 10 (June), pp. 16-18. |
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